LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
Meghan Markle’s Russian Billionaire Connection Has a Curious LawFuel Twist As we are all once again subjected to more emetic Harry-and-Meghan headline hogging, this time yet another trans-Atlantic move and apparently the possible resurrection of her acting gig, I’m energised by the idea of her appearing in Guy Ritchie’s gangster romp ‘The Gentlemen’. What ever
Power Point – Tony Buzbee’s latest River Oaks acquisition isn’t simply another trophy-home purchase. The Houston trial lawyer is assembling a two-acre estate by demolishing a 15,000-square-foot neighbouring mansion, while salvaging an estimated $4 million of its contents and building gardens in its place. It is an unusually vivid glimpse of the wealth generated at
Criminal law work has not been a family-friendly situation for lawyers anywhere, but a Christchurch barrister has raised uncomfortable questions about how well New Zealand’s court system accommodates lawyers taking maternity leave after she found herself filing court applications while her premature baby was in neonatal intensive care. >> New Job? Check InHouse Counsel Role
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Article source: Manukyan Law Firm Photo courtesy of Magnific As a CEO or a stakeholder of the company, each working day might look perfect to you. You may not be paying attention to complaints here and there by employees. However, any lapse that hurts an employee’s sentiments can complicate matters for your company. There can
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Power Points: Thomson Reuters has launched Thomson, its first proprietary large language model, trained using its vast stores of legal, tax and professional information. The significance is not simply that another AI model has arrived. Thomson Reuters is attempting to turn the Westlaw and Practical Law data moat into an AI moat, reducing its dependence
Retired High Court Judges Return To Rehear Major Customary Marine Title Cases Two former High Court judges are returning to the bench under acting warrants to deal with unfinished business arising from New Zealand’s long-running customary marine title litigation. >> Newly List Legal Role – Senior Counsel – Check the job here Chief Justice Dame
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Article source: Travis Walker Law, Florida Biological parentage and legally established paternity are related but different things. Under Florida paternity laws, an unmarried biological father holds no automatic enforceable legal status as a parent. This distinction matters. According to Florida Department of Health data, 45.0 percent of Florida births in 2024 were to unmarried mothers,
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Article source: Fertility Law Group IVF treatment requires an unusual combination of medical judgment, laboratory precision, and careful handling of reproductive material. Most fertility treatments proceed without a serious preventable error. However, mistakes involving embryos, sperm, eggs, medications, genetic testing, or laboratory procedures can have profound consequences. So when does an IVF mistake become medical
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Law firms’ AI problem is moving from contaminated outputs to contaminated inputs. A Connecticut court has sanctioned a self-represented litigant for hiding AI-directed instructions in court filings. The case serves as an early warning for law firms: when AI reads external documents, those documents may be trying to instruct the AI. Power Points: The Connecticut
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A dispute over $3.3 million in unpaid legal bills has escalated into public acrimony for Davis Polk & Wardwell, with a former corporate client questioning the firm’s competence and industry expertise. Davis Polk sued Enel North America and two affiliated entities in New York state court on August 11, seeking roughly $3.3 million in outstanding
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